The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-03
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the Chambers Street Hospital, and It Is feared
t H. he is very dspgeronsly hurt internsslly
Of First Assistant Chief Bonner, Jacob heck
ler James Roman. and several others OF Thir-
The ea was y ser
onsly the adjoining bYildlngs The large six
By Bates Reed &S ooieyy.. and now by t several
firms with stocks Of laces and other costly
no openings in the party wills, and the Keary
BUILDING was built un solid right GROUND IN In the
%sTe alsS solid and Without .Spesnings;
rugged for three hours, to keep the fire from
A ss s Ss ssd sssss s stree. sst
He was telling a Sun reporter the story of the
fire when the news Of the fatalities was brought
Sept to say that II it was not for the loss Of
life he would not care much about It,"
from two to i've minutes before the fire and
everything was then all right. He was showing
friend the tin lined fireworks room that he
the thing was over. and would have shut. up
eaees sock Of from sfs5pSo to
and had on insurance of 100000;
The building was owned, by the ButteEfs d6
Chief Shay shook his his head over the fire and
spoke, very disparasingly Of the glorious
for the manner in which they issue permits for
the sale Of fireworks. No one can keep such
Ss spsca ps h Shay p sass
The insurance man who would issue such
permit for tlye;story building in the heart Of
the dry goods district ought to be run out OF
OF the three alarms two were sent out BY. po-
and Ii Tue ives them ran 1 the front Of the
nan $ Hho rashsd out. H was 2 +: Wsxns5 q
up. Mr.. Reary and ali OF the clerks say that
hat sy
John seasld Of Truck ! was caught by the
tear q 81 and throw away BIS blazing rubber
bystanders One Of them said: You will
a after setting aEo oqt 2, th "a ss e
hotter anywhere than whore was"
NEwsBoY DISCOVERS ANOTHER FIRE.
The fire lines extended down Broadway to
crowd there pulled policeman's coat tails and
lip to the 81 sk
Ssy S1p there's fire uG there err too too" ~.
columns Of smoke wr.eathins from the windowss
Of the upper story. The lower floor Is oocupied
TONERS. The upper four doors are used By a.
Weidman dealer In toys, novelties. fancy
The The crowd raised the cry that another fire.
works establishment was on fire. and the
scare was great Chief Shay sent two engines;
es asr GS S %
began covering the goods in the Tower Com On.
the fre. The fire was confined to the upper
.na
under control in 10 sna GHt IN
MI; 4, Weidman. Jr. told a Sun reporter
the FIRE started" said Mr.. Weidman. MY
oice With me. Mother had heard Of Keary
| fire at her homo In Thirteenth street. and came
down town in great hurry, thinking the fire
cash and about to close the store. when q po-
| liceman came running in. and told me our store
her her down stairs. We had about $4,000 worth
Of stock on hand, and 1 think we are fully in
suIed 9p5 goods are m1stiy q nature that
we are damaged between $4,000 and $4,000
! worth. one had been for hours In tho story
Shs seud 1 Es yas have no idea how the
Mr. deo. Worth, one of the employees in the
dd not %at to 60 down By the stairs
and skinned his hands.
Some Of the fireworks were removed from the
them. fSe police prov drove ii them away. but the
boys managed to steal about case OF fire.
The Tower Manniactlrlng ,Gsompanpy,'s stock
| longs to the Barclay estate.
| $15O.000 DAMAGE AT THIRD BROADWAY FIRE.
At gao O'Clock last night, Just after Chic,
Sss rang i9r fire at s@s and $50 BroadSay'
snd cSsf shaS sa ehan wls
aey wet 81 bs % hs sf hs
The Sa,Sisss & s End { SO BfSa$TsS
Birdssil's stables, opposite the rear OF the
on
He ran across the street and yelled into Ball \
ess Nas AFTER the s sara N a
| smoke and the clerks. after throwing several
| buckets OF water down the elevator shaft into
the cellar, scamperea out into the street A
| In the centre of tho room. followed the clerks,
| leaving roll Of bills on his desk.
The cellar was a sea of flames when tho fire.
4sp t%e
| shafts to the top OF the building.
The firemen flooded the cellars front and
| rear with water, and poured streams through
| the windows. and deuged the roof with water
| from the adjoining tall buildings At no time
was the nre visible above the ground floor: but
Every every window on the crosby street side side.
| and darted In stroaks from most of the lower
| windows on the Broadway side. After the
| fremen had darkened tho fire In the basement
| they got up stairs. and poured water through
| the elevator shafts from every floor. After
| one and a half hours hard work In sitting
smoke they had the fire under control,
| While the firemen were smashing. the plate
! glass windows to let out the smoke q large
| pieco Of glass struck Fireman Lane OF Engine
93 on the shoulder. ,seyering an artery, aud
cutting him badly. He was sent U st. VIM
Lee SchfesinGer. In whose stock of toys in
! the basement the fire started, loses $4,000;
Ball Co. elothiers who occupy the c whole Of the
mate their loss Mt $4,000. Tho other losses by